The British
Holocaust revisionist, who entered and stayed in Canada
despite an order barring him and another ordering him to
leave the country within 48 hours, faced deportation to
Great Britain as the CJN went to press Monday
afternoon.

Minutes
before midnight Sunday, Irving attempted to cross over into
the United States, which refused to accept him. He spent the
night at an immigration detention centre in Niagara Falls,
Ont., pending a hearing Monday.

It is not
known why U.S. officials refused Irving entry. Some
speculate it may have been because the author did not
truthfully disclose the purpose of his visit when he entered
Canada, or because he entered Canada despite an order
barring him from doing so.

Irving's
odyssey began last month, when he was served in Los Angeles
with an order barring him entry to Canada, where he had
scheduled a two-week, five-province speaking
tour.

Irving
nevertheless sneaked into the country at the Niagara Falls
crossing and made his way to Victoria, where he delivered a
speech in a restaurant to about 100 supporters.

Just as he
was about to finish, police officers moved in and arrested
him.

Irving's
lawyer, Doug Christie, then appealed to Federal Court for an
injunction to rescind the order banning his client. Judge
Barry Strayer allowed the ban to stand.

At an
adjudication hearing Friday. Irving was given 48 hours to
leave after Christie and officials of the immigration
department struck a deal.

The deal
allowed Irving to leave under a departure notice rather than
a more serious and immediate deportation order.

But Irving
made full use of the 48-hour window. He came to Toronto over
the weekend, where he delivered a speech to about 100
followers at the Primrose Hotel.

It was after
the speech he tried to cross into the United
States.

Immigration
department spokesman Milt Best told The CJN Monday morning
that a hearing in Niagara Falls was called on charges that
Irving did not comply with his order to leave.

Best said
Irving was technically on Canadian soil after the stroke of
midnight Sunday, when the 48 hours had elapsed .

He said
Irving faces deportation to his native England because the
Americans don't want him.

Irving has
admitted he lied when he crossed the border into Canada . He
said he told officials than he would be touring Ontario
.

Marvin Kurz
of BBC's League for Human Rights said strict terms should
have been attached to Irving's departure notice and he
blasted federal officials for agreeing to a plea bargain
from Christie.

BBC also
called for the establishment of an "interdepartmental" task
force to monitor the movements of white supremacists and
neo-Nazis. The group would like to see more co-ordination
between the departments of immigration, Canada Customs and
provincial attorneys-general .

Irving is
best known for his belief that the number of Jews killed in
the Holocaust has been greatly exaggerated and that gas
chambers at Auschwitz, were erected after the war as tourist
attractions.

Irving's
deportation could mean his permanent ban from Canada. He is
already barred from several countries, including Germany and
Austria.